South Dakota, 2001

Hail in South Dakota, June 9, 2001

June 9, 2001 · NWS UNR · 1 event in 1 county or zone

1 hail, as filed by the National Weather Service.

Where it happened

Every event with a place to put it. Tap one for its entry below.

  • Tornadoes
  • Tropical storms and surge
  • Floods
  • Wind
  • Hail
  • Winter weather
  • Heat and drought
  • Cold
  • Fire, smoke and dust
  • Marine and coastal
  • Other

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The toll

Deaths
0
Injuries
0
Property damage
None recorded
Crop damage
None recorded
Events
1

Deaths and injuries are direct and indirect together, as the offices filed them. Damage is property and crops in the dollars of the year, not adjusted for inflation, and only where an office estimated it.

What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before the first event, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Rapid City, SD wrote its last area forecast discussion before the first event at Jun 9, 7:20 PM MST, 47 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 9, 7:20 PM MST, 47 minutes before
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In the hours before

Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:27 PM MST, 2 hours 40 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
627 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0550 PM    1 SE BLACK HAWK           SD   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01   MEADE                          TRACTOR TRAIL BLOW OFF
                                          INTERSTATE. REPORTED BY
                                          HAM RADIO OPERATOR.

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KDENWWUS30 KRAP 100028
LSRRAP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
628 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 PM    1 S NEWCASTLE             WY   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01   WESTON                         CAMPER FLIPPED OVER.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

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KDENWWUS30 KRAP 100028
LSRRAP

PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
628 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0452 PM    NEWCASTLE                 WY   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01   WESTON                         POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:28 PM MST, 2 hours 39 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
628 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0452 PM    NEWCASTLE                 WY   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01   WESTON                         POWER LINES BLOWN DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEME2NT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:29 PM MST, 2 hours 38 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
629 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0500 PM    NEWCASTLE                 WY   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01   WESTON                         CHIMNEY BLOW OFF
                                          BUILDING...WINDOWS
                                          BLOWN OUT AND LARGE
                                          TREES DOWN. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 5:30 PM MST, 2 hours 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...CORRECTION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
630 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0452 PM    NEWCASTLE                 WY   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01   WESTON                         5 VEHICLES SUFFERED
                                          MAJOR DAMAGE FROM FRONT
                                          OF FORREST SERVICE
                                          BUILDING. REPORTED BY
                                          LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 6:30 PM MST, 1 hour 37 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE RAPID CITY SD
730 PM MDT SAT JUN 09 2001

TIME(MDT)  .....CITY LOCATION..... STATE  ...EVENT/REMARKS...
           ....COUNTY LOCATION....

0450 PM    NEWCASTLE                 WY   TORNADO
06/09/01   WESTON                         REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0615 PM    PHILIP                    SD   70 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01   HAAKON                         REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0615 PM    14 E HERMOSA              SD   75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01   CUSTER                         REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

0622 PM    12 E HERMOSA              SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   CUSTER                         REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0635 PM    SCENIC                    SD   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0635 PM    SCENIC                    SD   .75 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0640 PM    5 N KYLE                  SD   60 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01   SHANNON                        REPORTED BY COOPERATIVE
                                          OBSERVER.

0650 PM    3 NE INTERIOR             SD   65 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY PUBLIC.

0655 PM    PHILIP                    SD   WIND DAMAGE
06/09/01   HAAKON                         LARGE TREE DOWN.
                                          REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0700 PM    2 NE OWANKA               SD   .88 INCH HAIL
06/09/01   PENNINGTON                     REPORTED BY STORM
                                          SPOTTER.

0705 PM    KADOKA                    SD   75 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.

0715 PM    KADOKA                    SD   80 MPH TSTM GUST
06/09/01   JACKSON                        REPORTED BY LAW
                                          ENFORCEMENT OFFICIAL.
Local storm report, Jun 9, 7:31 PM MST, 36 minutes before
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The radar

The North Platte radar (KLNX), 167 km away, was scanning. The volume nearest the first event began at 03:07 UTC.

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Event by event

1 hail. Local standard time, as filed.

Hail, Tripp

When
June 9, 8:07 PM MST
Where
Tripp County, Winner
Measured
0.75 in hail
Reported by
TRAINED SPOTTER
Coordinates
43.367, -99.867

What these are

Hail
Hail three-quarters of an inch or larger, or smaller hail that caused damage, filed with the largest stone measured.

After NWS Directive 10-1605, the rules offices file Storm Data by.

The same day elsewhere

More

Every storm in South Dakota in 2001Every state in 2001This day in weather historyWarnings in South Dakota, June 2001

Sources

NOAA National Centers for Environmental Information, Storm Events Database, compiled from the National Weather Service’s monthly Storm Data. Complete through 2026-06; NCEI adds each month about 75 days after it ends and revises past years a few times a year. Rebuilt 2026-10-01. Each event’s entry at NCEI: 5254043.